The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-05-29

Aul lcrIt Z, -hAtlt1l III lts y llllctrN,
it, harmony, aud Mir ~. "Eterual
s igilauce is the price # liberty. and
ha. a way. been. With sentinel. al.
way. on duty, never sleeping and
never firing there i. notu people IN
til. giObc except our own, whose lib
critics hay nc at ONE time bceu
taneu or sto.cn. and in year, though
giant in Strength. our grand and
glorious nationality l. vet in IT,, in.
fancy. A- long IS our peopio retain
their persona liberty they viii main
tain IT. government.
Free men will always fight H.. cr-
ror-, the biuuder- aud the crimes of
tho.c in authority and may be relied
on when the government goc wrong
to bring 1t oAce 20 the guttrack. 1t
W. will oui! preserve the PERSONA
iiber,.e. Of our people we need hsyr
no fear for he pcrp,tuity of our tree
government Only free men can
maintain tree governments only men
Jealous of their personal rights and
liberties can remain free because
eternal ,igilcuce Is thc price OF
libertv.' no free people ev,r yet
lost their liberties except by war or
conquest. who were not Gespoilsd OF
tLcm by SOW and easy stag !,
through means and measures whicU
iAi. ed TO arouse and alarm them,
until 100 iatc Tor successful resi-, lance,
There but one safe course to pur-
cue. ana that is by 81 lawful means 30
resist every attempt, come from what
source 1t u y, under what guise II
may how yer lMusibic may
b. tie irctcAt, 20 abat or Curtaii the
persona liberties Of our people one
single hair breadth.
lti.uO crime 10 manufacture VINE.
beer, brandy ard other iutoXicant-.
IL hos been done ever siuce the world
comm-uccd I'll rcG, enable aud
u erect use uttAesc articC- il not u
crime or vice The w-est aud best
men to-day, aud in all ages OF the
wor /. in every country I'm the world
use them iu some form or other. 1t
/, the 1u>c Of iutoX ants not their
use which j. vicious or criminal. 1t
one hundred men who have each the
right TO determine for himself what j.
best tor him personally, ind pleasure,
comfort, health and enjoyment IN "a ra-
tiuuai usc OF intoXlcS.lt-, shall they be
deprived of that !ibarty because five
or tn others get druN, alJ make
beasts of themselves: Sha. they be
pun he'd ilr the vice or crime of 9TH
cr-, when gui.tlC-- Themselves CT an
vice The prohlbitioni-ts propose 90
do this. The proposition l. u
monstrous one for free pco>
pie and free government aud has
never ueeu and viii never be en-.
forced. weld to no man greater
detC 'ation OF the vices and crimes Of
drunkenur - than have Away, felt.
OF legislation which can he enforced
which is practical and Wi, be cilec.
tive in rejuciug.the evils of the liquor
traffic to the lowest possible minlm-
uu, but ! will resist, come from what
quarter it may in this or any Other
proposed legislation the invasion of
one single iot or title OF the personal
rights ana liberties of the people.
pom thi- point Will make no com
promise. believe with Mr.. Bsyard,
that a well regulated license system.
coupled with stringent legislation.
against Illicit sale, while bringing
large revenues to the state, is the
best mclus yet devise tor the evils
OF intcmperaucc. II this can be i'm
proy,l and rendered more effective
avn ready TO cooperate most ear
Mostly with any effort in that Iii
rccliou But, fellow citizens, we
.au make 10 concessions to pro
hib ton We must defeat that
measure. our people have not UNI
drr-'uud II, md DO not appreciate its
moaning ard purposes. Ii is the oil.
spring of fanaticism. comes 10 Us
hand II haud with demand for ic.
male suffrage, and that demand Is one
of the lcGling plGnks III the platform
of the prohibition party, adopted in
July, l,,h at Pittsburg. our good,
honest, patriotic people. -hto justly
icto-t IT, evils OF inteuperauce, have
been induced to favor prohibition,
honestly believing II u great moral
and reform movement, devoid OF
political significance and purpose and
in utter ignorance OF the fact that
the party is regularly organized